Behold how the people, as a result of the verdict pronounced
by the divines of His age, have cast Abraham, the Friend of God, into fire; how
Moses, He Who held converse with the Almighty, was denounced as liar and
slanderer. Reflect how Jesus, the Spirit of God, was, notwithstanding His
extreme meekness and perfect tender-heartedness, treated by His enemies. So
fierce was the opposition which He, the Essence of Being and Lord of the visible
and invisible, had to face, that He had nowhere to lay His head. He wandered
continually from place to place, deprived of a permanent abode. Ponder that
which befell Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, may the life of all else be a
sacrifice unto Him. How severe the afflictions which the leaders of the Jewish
people and of the idol-worshipers caused to rain upon Him, Who is the sovereign
Lord of all, in consequence of His proclamation of the unity of God and of the
truth of His Message! By the righteousness of My Cause! My Pen groaneth, and
all created things weep with a great weeping, as a result of the woes He
suffered at the hands of them that have broken the Covenant of God, violated
His Testament, rejected His proofs, and disputed His signs. Thus recount We
unto thee the tale of that which happened in days past, haply thou mayest
comprehend.
- Baha'u'llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah’)
